The tropical coastal landscape remains a key environment for human development and support. The tropical coastal landscape offers vast scope for researchers to deal with the dynamics of coast building in the Anthropocene, including special insights into socio-economic heterogeneity and environmental hazards or crises. A succinct overview of this type of region is needed, comprising its geomorphic structure, its historical progression, its ecological and economic value, its challenges and the livelihood of people. This book contributes to a better understanding of the entangled constellation of climate change and geo-environmental dynamics together with diverse socio-economic aspirations and ecological fragility.

The book places considerable and foremost emphasis on characterizing tropical coastal regions in terms of their hydro-geomorphic dynamics on one hand, and on the other hand, it concentrates on the impact of geomorphic processes on human and land use changes. This book may help students and researchers to grasp a holistic understanding of the environment, ecology, economy and society of tropical coastal landscapes. Additionally, social and environmental scientists, especially geographers, anthropologists, sociologists, regional planners, public administrators and policymakers may find this work useful.

Debajit Datta is an Associate Professor of Geography at Jadavpur University, India. He specializes in landscape ecology and environmental geography. He obtained BSc (Presidency College) in 2004 and MSc (University of Calcutta) in 2006 in Geography. He received PhD in 2012 from IIT Kharagpur. His research interests are agroecosystem sustainability, blue carbon mapping, and coastal landscape resilience. He has published more than 80 scientific articles in peer reviewed journals and edited books. He has conducted research projects funded by the UGC, DST, and SERB of Government of India. Currently, he is the Secretary of Indian Regional Association for Landscape Ecology and Council Member of International Association for Landscape Ecology. Besides, he is associate editor of reputed journals such as Ecological Processes, Environmental Studies and Sciences, and Landscape Online.

Aznarul Islam is an Assistant Professor of Geography, Aliah University, India. He was an Assistant Professor of Geography (WBES), Barasat Government College, India (2014–2016). Dr. Islam is Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) Fellow at Freie Universität Berlin, Germany. He obtained MSc in Geography in 2010 from Kalyani University, India and MPhil (2013) and PhD (2016) in Geography from the University of Burdwan, India. He was awarded UGC-JRF (Geography) in 2012 and secured All India Rank 018/188 in Earth Sciences (CSIR-UGC NET, 2011). He published 100+ research papers, including 60 in SCI-indexed journals, completed 2 national (ICSSR and DST-SERB) and 1 international (ISPF) research projects. His principal area of research includes exploring river, water, and society through the lens of applied spatial sciences. 

Sayani Mukhopadhyay is an Associate Professor of Geography at Asutosh College, affiliated with the University of Calcutta India. With over two decades of teaching and research experience, she specializes in regional planning and development, rural development, environmental and disaster management, climate variability and change, and livelihoods. She holds an MSc in Geography from the University of Calcutta and a PhD from Visva-Bharati University. She has completed two externally funded research projects as Principal Investigator, published 40+ research papers and book chapters, edited six books, and supervised 48 dissertations and six awarded doctoral theses. She currently serves as Co-Editor-in-Chief of SAYAM: A Journal of Science.

Arijit Majumder is Assistant Professor of Geography, Jadavpur University, India. Prior to that, he was an Assistant Professor of Geography, Aliah University, India from 2017 to 2019 and Women's Christian College, India from 2015 to 2017. He obtained MSc and PhD from The University of Burdwan in 2007 and 2015, respectively with a specialization in Groundwater Hydrology. His research and teaching interests lie in the fields of Hydrology, Fluvial and Coastal Geomorphology, Climatology, Watershed Management and Statistical Techniques in Geography. He published 18+ articles in various national and international journals alongwith 5+ chapters in edited books.

Nasrin Banu is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Geography, Aliah University, India. Previously, she joined as Assistant Professor and HoD at the Department of Geography, Saltora Netaji Centenary College, India in 2017. She obtained MA (Geography) in 2009 and PhD in 2015 in Geography, Aligarh Muslim University, India. Her area of research includes livelihood, health and gender issues. She was adjudged as Young Geographer by the IIG (Pune) in 2016. She also received Prof. N.P. Aiyyar Young Geographers Award of NAGI in 2021. She was also awarded Post-Doctoral Fellowship by UGC in 2015. She completed 2 national (ICSSR) and 1 international (ISPF) research projects. She published 20+ articles in various national and international journals alongwith 5+ chapters in edited books.